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family of stacy cochran hill tells me they had no idea who would target her and her two daughters. and they are heart broken her apartment here is now at the heart of a triple murder investigation today relatives are gathered and baffles. >> i talked to her last night. everything was fine. >> by 10:30 last night things were not fine. 43-year-old stacy cochran was found stabbed to death along with her 17-year-old daughter jade and 11-year-old daughter joy. >> i thought i was dreaming this morning. when she called me. i got up and came over. but i don't know who did it or why or how. >> police discovered the bloody scene after arriving at the family rental apartment at south bell avenue and 111th. a man was taken into custody but police are saying little about any link to the victims, a motive or the murder weapon. for now relatives are waiting

and grieving. >> thanksgiving we were all here. just laughing and talking and praising each other. you know, it was my birthday. and we just had fun as a family like we always do. >> she loved going to work when she went and was crazy about her kids. those were her world. they were her world. >> and stacy cochran hill worked at university of chicago hospital. so she was on medical leave recently because she had foot surgery. her daughter joy was a sixth grader at roseland christian and daughter jade was a senior at morgan park high school where crisis counselors are now on hand. live in morgan park. nancy loo, wgn news. a bond hearing going on now for the parolee charged with murdering a chicago police officer in another man. police say 19-year-old timothy herring served time for armed robbery and was out on parole.

his neighbors, steve peters owned a customized ford mustang. herring broke into that car last week and stole some parts and when police officer officer michael flisk showed up to investigate, herring shot and killed both men. there will be a wake for the officer from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. at brady and gill funeral home in evergreen park. funeral set for tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. at st. rita in chicago. visitation for steven peters will be friday 6 to. funeral services are still pending. authorities say the boy who held his classmate and teacher hostage in wisconsin is in grave condition. the high school is cloamsed today and counselors are available to talk to students about the incident near green bay. a 15-year-old student used two hand guns to take a teacher and 23 other students hostage. the standoff lasted for five hours until the 15-year-old shot himself.

>> i was completely like flabber gassed. like i didn't even think it was happening until i actually had figured out my friends were missing. >> officials have no clear motive for the boy's actions. no one else was injured. former st. charles man con viced of killing his girlfriend in 1988 is reported twice to parole officers since arriving in hawaii two weeks ago. justin biew lay served half of his 24 year sentence. during his parole, he is barred from entering a college campus without approval. must undergo counseling for anger management, substance abuse and mental health. and also must wear an electronic monitoring bracelet. he is required to check in four times a month and cannot contact his ex-girlfriend's family. police are looking for suspect in yesterday's murder of a man in west suburban lion. 46-year-old adrian marquez was found yesterday afternoon at his home on south krakow

avenue. the medical examiner says marquez was stabbed several times. an autopsy will be conducted today. and the autopsy on that bears fan who fell out of soldier field shows his death was an accident. 23-year-old stewart haverty fell 35 feet during sunday's bears eagles game. he landed on a roof and died of multiple injuries. police say a pacific cigarettes and a lighter were found near his body. the friends believe he may have jumped over a short fence on to a narrow ledge to smoke. smoking is banned inside soldier field. new questions this midday about the petitions of one of the accounts running for mayor of chicago. rob halpen turned in more than 17,000 signatures to get on the ballot for the mayor's race. he is the man who rents rahm emanuel's home in ravenswood. "chicago tribune" reports that a homeless man with a long criminal history collected most signatures for halpen's campaign. and he also collected

signatures for state senator reverend james meeks. meeks campaign says it has nothing to do with halpen's campaign and there is no coordinated effort. some of the signatures also resembled celebrity names or list addresses that do not exist. today is the last day to file objections against candidates for mayor. the city is getting ready for the cold weather. mayor daley said today despite the economy streets and sanitation is armed and ready for snow removal duties. the mayor is asking you to help your neighbors by checking in on them. >> our shared spoblght of the citizens in government to look out for each other at all times. petition of extreme weather conditions we will experience during the winter in chicago. >> a reminder some parking restriction go into effect tomorrow morning between 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. cars parked on the most critical arterial streets will be ticketed and towed. tom skilling will have more on our colder weather coming up at

12:30. >> next, wikileaks under attack after posting thousands of classified documents. a cyber attack shuts down wikileaks online. thousands of americans could be left without federal benefits after today. the push in congress to extend long term unemployment coverage. and a family meal out turns tragic when the driver of a car crashes through the front of a restaurant. for the worst allergies i want a product with the best decongestant. my choice is clear. claritin-d. nothing works stronger, faster or longer for allergy congestion relief without drowsiness. get claritin-d at the pharmacy counter. live claritin clear.

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obama administration looks at possible criminal violations in the leak of hundreds of thousands of sensitive american diplomatic cables released by wikileaks. among the revolution several arab leaders want the united states to attack iran to eliminate its nuclear threat. other files reveal china may have less influence over north korea than widely believed. the website says china may accept a reunified peninsula under south korean rule. diplomatic efforts are underway to address tensions between north and south korea. china hosting a top north korean official for talks and japan also plans to send an envoy to china. the u.s., south korea and japan have all agreed to talk next week in washington about the north's nuclear weapons and its attack that killed four south koreans last week. the u.s. and south korea are holding joint military drills off the korean peninsula despite a warning from north korea that it could spark war. repealing the don't ask,

don't tell policy might cause some disruption at first but will not create a long lasting problems. that's a result of a pentagon report out today which found 70% of troops believe repealing the 17 year law will have mixed positive or no effect. opposition appears to be strongest among combat troops at about 40%. numbers climbs up to 46% among the marine corps. 92% of -- had a positive experience. in the wake of deadly e. coli and salmonella outbreaks senate has passed a food safety bill emphasizing prevention. it potentially gives the government the power to increase inspections of food facilities and force companies to recall tainted food. the bill does not apply to meat, poultry or processed eggs because they are regulated by the agriculture department. president obama calls his first meeting with congressional leaders at the white house a good start. the meeting was held to look at differences in views on taxes

and budget and national security. the president said he believes the leaders understand that people want elected leaders to work together and stop gridlock. republican leaders say they are opposed to tax increases. president has said he like to end the tax cut for those who make more than $200,000 a year. unemployment checks will stop going out next month unless congress votes to renew extended jobless benefits today. wgn's bob jordan is live on the north side with more. >> reporter: that's right. for 127,000 jobless people in illinois, today could be the beginning of when they could begin to lose their emergency extended benefits. they alone with millions of others around the country could find themselves high and dry if those extended emergency -- if those benefits are not extended. the jobless bill has a price tag of as much as $65 billion. and the bush tax cut extension

could cut $3.7 trillion over the next decade. all of that on top of a deficit that could top $13.7 trillion. this means that many of the unemployed face an uncertain future. >> i have expired my unemployment and they didn't send me paper work to say it's expired. i called up and i got the word and i'm going to get the paper work to verify that it is correct. >> that it's expired. >> that's right. >> if it is expired, what will you do? >> it's going to be a problem. i'm not certain myself. >> i remember congress all 435 of them should be forced to come to an office in their district and spend a day watching people struggle for their benefits and talk to them and have to deal with them personally. because i think then they would see the pain that they are putting people through. i just would like to see that. i would like to see especially

the republicans come and do that and actually have to talk to people and answer to their constituents for what they are doing. >> reporter: a bill to extend unemployment benefits fell short by 17 votes because many in congress felt that it was just too expensive to add to the deficit by as much as $5 billion a month. so unless the bill is extended today, could begin to mark the end of those extensions. from the northwest side, robert jordan, wgn news. and related to that, thank you. here in illinois stimulus program that helped 26,000 people find jobs could expire today. right now the put illinois to work program is operating on state funds and there are about to run out. some people could lose their jobs if more money does not come in. >> we find ourself on the eve of this program and the jobs going away.

26,000 families that will be impacted and 13,000 of those 26,000 live in the city of chicago. >> state funding for the put illinois to work program does not require general assembly approval. senator dick durbin supports federal money for that. have guns, will travel. new carry on rule for hand guns comes amtrak. >> still ahead, our teacher of the month who encourages students to go the extra mile, literally. and later in lunch break, works great on meat, pasta and salads. how to make your own fresh pesto sauce at home. map

a woman was kill and three other people were injured wasn't car crashed through restaurant in los angeles. here is security video of the accident. you can see people eating and then the car comes through the

wall. hits a family sitting at 9 table. the 50-year-old mother was killed. hoer son is -- her son is in critical condition and everyone else suffered minor injuries. unclear what caused the accident. the 19-year-old driver could face charges. passengers will be allowed to carry guns on amtrak trains. starting december 1. guns can be carried aboard trains that have checked baggage service. gun owners must inform amtrak 24 hour ahead of departure. unloaded firearms must be packed in hard sided containers. the change comes after gun rights advocates pushed congress to reverse a long time ban on the government owned rail corporation. smokers may once again be welcome at river boat casinos. there is a bill to allow nine river boat casinos to have designated smoking areas. the rooms will be enclosed with air filtration system. one lawmaker says the public smoking ban of 2008 sent

gamblers to other states. if smokers return, that could mean an extra $200 million a year in revenue. i'm angie lau live at the ce -- cme group in chicago. how confident are consumers heading into the busiest shopping season of the year? pretty confident. according to the confidence index, consumer confidence rose to the highest level in five moneys. not so confident when it comes to home prices in chicago. home prices in 20 metropolitan cities rose in september at the slowest pace in eight months and chicago led 15 of those cities in the index but showed a year-over-year decline chicago dropping the most index 5.6% compared to last year. not helping the home front here, concerns are greeing over a potentially new wave of foreclosure filing issues. testimony coming from a banc of america employee in a personal bankruptcy case getting ammunition to home owners

fighting foreclosures here. employee saying it was routine to keep mortgage promissory notes when they should have been transferred to mortgage bond holders. judge rejected the foreclosure claim on a man's home and that's raising the question of whether other foreclosures could be similarly blocked. lastly when it comes to those holiday parties, this is the year they may be making it comeback. according to chicago base challenger grey and christmas, 68% of the companies are planning holiday parties this year. up from 62% a year ago. parties may be a little more simple than you remember. on wall street right now we are seeing stocks falling all day today. continuing to fall this noon hour over continued concern that europe's debt crisis is worsening. those are your business headlines. live at the cme group in chicago, angie lau, bloomberg news. coming up next, syndicated

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just when the blackhawks are on a role, they lose one of their top storers. marianne jose -- maron hossa had to be helped off. he collided with nick boynton near the net. it was i announced today he will tbhois or three week was lower body injury. hossa set out earlier this season with a upper body injury. hawks will recall a player to replace hossa. the carlos boozer practiced without reinjuring his hand. boozer wants to play tomorrow

against oriole but no one guaranteeing that. and arizona's derek anderson enjoys monday night football. he enjoys it regardless of the result. his cardinals are down 24-6 to the niners when he is intersuspected. niners win 27-6. anderson caught on camera laughing. he cass asked why he was laughing and here is his complete unadult are thed response. >> it wasn't funny, i wasn't laughing about anything. >> the camera showed you laughing. >> that's fine, that's fine. that's fine. that's fine. i'm not laugh being it. you think this is funny i take this serious. real serious. i put my heart and soul into this every single week. >> all i'm saying -- >> i'm telling you right now what i do every week. i don't go out there and laugh. it's not funny nothing is funny to me. i don't want to get embarrassed on monday night football -- >> -- >> i'm telling you right now. we are talking. deuce and i are talking. >> what was the context -- >> sorry. >> i'm not dealing with -- >> all right.

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people regarding the holidays? >> i think it's often one of the issues is that a lot of us in our extended families only see one another once or twice a year. and when this is the case, when you don't have sort of an ongoing relationship with someone but dipping in and out of one another's lives, one incident of behaving badly ten years ago, it sort of retains its force. if you don't work things out. >> how can you when people are hundreds of miles away. >> i know. hard to mend the fence. >> it'sr it takes an effort. another issue is the holidays are a very -- it's a time when people are very high strung and it's a very emotional and sentimental time. a lot of us become sort of sad and wistful. >> it can be a splicingly sad time of the year for people.

and yet the expectations are so high because we were surrounded by this imagery, this joyful imagery. i think a lot of people struggle with how to find the joy in the holiday season. >> especially with expectations are so high or at least we feel the expectations are so great. >> and i think that's big part of it. it's what you feel. one of the things i was trying to my own life is to dial it down and focus more with my family on having experiences. super simple. ice skating, cocoa, walks in the wood. these very, very simple things that can turn into rituals. >> if people find that people get overwhelmed because it is all during the holidays? >> in my extended family we talked about it and decided to make a real effort to ratchet it way down. focus more on being together, more on eating together. doing things together and less

on the gifts. >> are you listening, people? great advice. do this. tell us about this tri about the -- tri about the forum. relationship 101. >> tomorrow night i'm gathering on stage with two other people and we are going to try and address some of these issues and take questions from an audience really any relationship question is open season for us. >> this isn't just romantic relationship because of your relationship with your mother- in-law. >> frankly i think it will focus on family relationships. >> especially this time of year. >> absolutely. >> some of the stuff is personal. people are going to be candid in a public forum like that? >> i think they will be. i'm surprised at how candid people are. people are very open. they can be very open. especially when they see how open i am. i have been out there living my own life. this is how i learn.

>> they are giving us the wrap. do you get remember letters from people and say i can't believe somebody is telling me this? too much information? >> yes. thanks for getting in touch. no, i do. and i'm amazing with people how personal they are and i give them credit for willing to do that. >> shows how much help they want. thank you. good luck. >> thank you. >> i hope it goes well tomorrow. >> relationship 101, panel discuss with amy diconnen takes place tomorrow night at chase auditorium in chicago. tickets are 20 buck. >> rain and snow could be falling this afternoon. tom skilling is next with a much colder forecast. did you know a problem in your heart can cause a stroke in your brain? it's true. an irregular heartbeat,

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out with some interesting sttistics about this -- statistics about this past autumn. >> ends at midnight tonight with the month of november's close and then tomorrow is december 1. but you know this is the sunniest autumn we had in 11 years. also, every one of the last nine months is above normal. that means all of spring, all of summer and all of autumn have been warmer than normal. >> that's winter. >> and we ran some stats and it's interesting. a trend like this has some legs and sometimes can continue even though lanina winters areder la nina wintsers are very holtal. they see wide swings in temperature. when all is said and done you end up with more snow or rain than unusual and warmer than normal themes on the whole. you cold spells mixed in. today's weather couldn't be more different than the autumn

we were closing tonight. because it's been cloudy. we started at 48 degrees at 3:00 in the morning. it's down to 31 at o'hare and the temps keep falling as arctic air invades the area and it's doing so on howling winds. look at these gusts in the city, at naperville, geneva and university park with the temperature down to 30 now. winds sustained at 20 gusting to 31 at o'hare. so we were in full-blown winter mode after having flirted with 50 degrees in parts of the area. late yesterday and last night. 32 at midway. 36 is the reading with the 17- mile-per-hour wind and 14-mile- per-hour gusting wind from the west, southwest at gary and there you see the temperatures in map form and wanted to show you the rainfall, too. we have the second biggest rains since late september in autumn that had not produced much rain. it was the sunniest autumn in 11 years around here according to -- in .8 of an inch in

hebron. you folks in kenosha 73 -- .73 of an inch and sandwich had .7 of an inch of rain. windchills down in the teens through most of our western suburbs and not far above that in the city. that's the view from sandwich but going west of the storm to see what's happened in minnesota, here is upstate minnesota. walker, parts of that state have had upwards effect -- redwood falls of 10 inches of snow and. look at the temperatures and the air mass coming in from north dakota and see the windchills updated here off our weather bug system. so there is some cold air on the way. this is the storm bothering us now. here is the next one lined up. very active pattern all of a sudden after a quiet autumn. this thing will send some energy into the center of the country. and will be cold enough that friday night, saturday as that comes in might be some snow or sleet. doesn't look like the storm of the century or anything like that but enough that might stick. much as it has up here on the cold side of this storm where as we say up to 10-inches are

down. this is the satellite imagery and see the clouds. also as the clouds leave, we will pick up some blank frames but see the snow on the ground. 36% of the country under snow. it's about three times amount covered by snow last winter. so from here just west of us, all the way up to the arctic it's solidly snow covered and that's allowing the cold air to run southward look at the temperature in alaska. 35 below zero. last week it was raining and one of the latest rains ever recorded in fairbanks in the interior of that state and now here they are back to full- blown alaska winter weather. and the southern flank of the cool air will come into the mid west with 25 dubuque. 23 at the twin cities and more than 20-degree temperature drops here throughout a good chunk of the heartland ever the country. winter is grabbing hold and doing so with all of this wind at the same time. and we were used to that and that's what typically happens this time of the year. look at the windchills which

goes sub zero out west of us. but get an idea of the air mass coming in. bottom line pull the winter wardrobe out and we will use it for awhile. here the showers and thunderstorms where this cold air makes contact with the warm aiair we were in nor a time yesterday and the clusters of snow showers. these are fairly light. we are getting visibilities of nine miles as flurries fall out here in iowa with howling 30- mile-per-hour winds. so this is not a blizzard out here. just flakes of snow caught up in the wind and that's what will come in here as afternoon wears on. in fact, look at our forecast here. from our rpm model. the sticking snows are where you see the darker blues here and northern wisconsin will get in on that, too. looks like for us won't be sticking until maybe friday night and saturday and that system will warrant or observation and careful monitoring and will be doing that. here is our forecast for the chicago area.

cloudy, blustery and colder on this final day of november with temperatures falling into the 20s and snow flurries developing as afternoon goes on. those are the first official snow flurries at midway airport this season. temperatures will be going into the 20s and amid the west, to southwest wind at 14 to 22 and gusting at times. tonight cloudy, blustery, cold, some passing flurries or snow showers. low 22. west winds 12 to 24. and tomorrow cloudy, blustery and cold as december and meteorological winter open will see some flurries and a high of 28 degrees and finally on thursday it will be partly sunny but still chilly and 24 and a flurry and a little disturbance later in the day. much of date will be precipitation free. so some authentic weather. it's amazing when you look at weather records how the first week in december start to chaifng two-thirds of the opening weeks of december produce measurable snow. it's kind of a benchmark. when you go passed december 1

it seems in why you call it meteorological winter. >> that's right. we divide meteorological seasons up into even three month periods. but not by -- right. >> exactly right. that's right. okay, guys. >> trivia question today. charlie chaplin made his screen debut in which 1914 short film? was it making a living? a feet catcher or tangle tangle. tangled, tangled. the answer still ahead.

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best teachers i had this year. >> she is awesome. i want to be like her when i grow up. >> it doesn't get much better than. that michelle is loved and admired by her sixth grader in cicero. and the feelings are mutual. >> i really, really love this age. they are finding themselves. so every day is something different. some days aren't always the best days. but it's -- they are starting to be calm, young adults and really starting to be passionate about what's going to drive them in the future and i love to be part of that. >> she taut us how to love ourselves in and out. and accomplish anything we wanted to. >> it's a lesson she wants to make sure her students apply outside the classroom. she introduced them to a hobby that keeps her motivated, challenged and fit. >> this is a really great thing for the girls in our school because there is a lot of intermural activities but it's

coed. so i thought that a girls club focused on health and body image. >> i had very low self-esteem. i didn't believe in myself a lot. and when she saw i was actually pretty low and a lot of the club girls like that she started the program, girl running in our school to help us. >> girls on the run is an international program for preteens designed to boost self- respect and encourage a healthy lifestyle. the thought of distance running intimidated the students. >> i'm not going to finish this. i'm going to run and quit halfway. >> not on her turf. there is no quitting here. >> it's a great feeling. >> i was excited to see her because i knew she would be proud of me. >> see them walking a little taller. confidence level is huge. >> she helps you reach to the

level that you want to go to. she never lets you give up or quit. >> it's really the kids who drive me. and just when they think i'm ready to throw in the towel and give it up, i will have the kid come up to me and say thank you. and all you need is that. >> now for the moment we have been waiting for. >> on behalf of national lewis university it's my pleasure to present you a check for $1,000 for school supplies. >> and on behalf of wgn, we like to congratulate you on being our teacher of the month. in honor of achievement, national lewis university presented with a $1,000 gift certificate for school supplies and miss i received gift certificate for a development course at nlu. on the medical watch, reports have suggested that more vitamin d is good for you. the national academy of science

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it is time for your lunch break and chef alfredo from francesca pizzeria napolitano. he is here to enlighten us about pesto. >> yes. >> welcome. we were happy to have you. >> thank you for inviting me today. you started with the basil sauce. fresh basil, very simple. a little bit of salt. cheese imported from italy. >> this is true italian. the chef just came here to the

united states from italy 11 years ago? >> yes. >> working for francis ford copela. good enough for him it's good enough for us. >> today i work for francisca pizryia. so everybody come and see me for the little touch of napolitano. basil, parmesan cheese garlic and blend. >> that's it. the pesto sauce is ready. >> and that's just that simple.

>> this is my momma recipe. freshly made. i make it every week at franishesca. mix with pesto sauce and parmesan cheese. put it on the dish. >> chef, you made that look so easy. there is a lot more work to that, i know. >> another thing i like to do sometimes at franishesca. a very easy recipe. it's fresh, put inside the pan. with a little bit of sauce. the pesto sauce. a little milk, salt and pepper. it's a french cream. you mix with basil sauce.

>> now you at fran schsca near wrigley field? >> no. that will be there every day. i have lunch and dinner. so come and see me. and the same. >> okay. true italian cooking. >> this is my pesto. bake inside the oven. >> look how good that looks. that looks delicious. >> i do this with a special. >> this weekend coming up. >> this special lasagna, my authentic pizza. style of pizza i make with brick oven pizza. it's 90 -- or 1,000 degree, cook in 90 seconds. every ingredient come from

naple. this one the famous salami, mozzarella. >> everything smells so good over here. >> 20 pounds, i cook. >> i know you do. thank you so much. >> you're kel well. >> located at 2423 north clark street in chicago. go say hello to the chef and enjoy some good italian cooking. >> happy holiday to you, too. >> for more information on today's check out our website, wgntv.com. for the worst allergies i want a product

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making their own snow. two main things power their snow maker. an air compressor and a pressure washer. they use as a water pump. when the water mixture comes out of the misting nozzles it mixes with the decompressed air and turns into snow. the winter wonder land catches people's attention. >> i'm the father. i was shocked at how much snow they could make. last season we president last house to get rid of snow by far. >> good job. very cool. >> kevin and george say they want to spread the joy of of snow. they are doing that with their website, chisnow.com. they will actually come to your home with their air compressor and their pressure washer and make snow for you. >> these two young fellas are high school students on the southwest side of chicago. they wrote me and said we got the snow making machine and isn't that --

>> great idea. >> it really is. congratulations. >> temperatures have to be below freezing. >> for it to work. but it works in the same way as the snow makers at ski resorts work and these fellas researched this and did it. they said they never got an good grade on a science project. they should now. look at the cold air coming in. i will tell you they will be able to go to work on making snow on this air mass. dropped temperatures couple of -- well, by double digits in some areas and it has snow flurries in the air through iowa and western illinois and will hear before the afternoon is out and that's true of tonight and tomorrow. won't stick but there will be flurries as temperatures continue dropping and that big dip in the jet stream brings another impulse off the gulf of alaska in here that will drop snow or sleet on us friday night or saturday. here is our seven-day forecast. temps continue falling into the 20s. 28 tomorrow. more flurries and wind. 34 and partly